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Locality Name:
Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 228
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 254617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Adamson Mine (Panaminas Inc.; Adamson Claims; Adamson Tungsten Deposit; Wheeler Ridge Tungsten Mine; Blue Jay Claim)
Brownstone Mine (Brownstone Deposit; Brownstone Nos. 1 And 2 Claims)
Lakeview Mine (Lakeview Tungsten Mine; Carpenter And Brown; Gable Lakes Mine)
Lambert Mine (Irons Property)
Lucky Bill Mine
Molly Tungstite Claims (Blue Grouse Mine)
Mountain Basin Occurrence
Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill)
Tungstar Mine (Crawford; Tungstar Mine-Greeve Orebody; Greve Orebody; Mount Tom)
Union Mine

Latitude: 37°23'2"N
Longitude: 118°42'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.383888888889,-118.70194444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteEttringite
FluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteStilbiteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311572001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42157193,1572005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2157198,15720027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11572034979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11571935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22282163157193,157197,15720027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11571934165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62157198,1572004135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4157195,157196,157198,1572008173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1157200345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24157193,157194,157198,1572009617
Gold  (*)CopperAu228216115719730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311572001544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21157200209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61157200741
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2157200,1572011271
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22157193,1572005800
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1157200363
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21456611572022273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2157193,157200494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211572001898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2228216115719739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22282163157195,157197,15719861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)145668157193,157194,157195,157196,157198,157199,157200,1572024894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311572001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS228216115719721482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1157200268
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1157200183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2157198,1572004899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011572001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311572001247


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_469Quartz monzonite of Tungsten Hills, N of Scheelite (site); Pine Creek See Table A1.


12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-130500228216222±6   130500    254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-130501228216222±6   130501    254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-130503228216222±6   130503    254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5696159144151.5±7.5   5696    254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00930_206_238201.9201.9201.9206_238 zircon   Zircon  254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00930_207_235204.4204.4204.4207_235 zircon   Zircon  254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01107_206_238197.3197.3197.3206_238 zircon   Zircon  254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01107_207_206227227227207_206 zircon   Zircon  254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01107_207_235199.6199.6199.6207_235 zircon   Zircon  254617Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
NAVDAT-130497228216222±6   130497    79112Lucky Bill Mine, Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
Jen_000146014566Cretaceaous age of associated magmatism      79542Tungstar Mine (Crawford; Tungstar Mine-Greeve Orebody; Greve Orebody; Mount Tom), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USATungstarPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 
Michelle_469210210210U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon74 YesZircon  274937Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USATungsten HillsChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040020Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040020
R060114Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060114

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